Billy Ray Pyle's Style

Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Winds of L’Acadie

The Story of Halloween

The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats

The Three Wise Animals

My Guardian Angel

A Dog-Friendly Town

Evvy Hoffmeister is thirteen years old when her family brings her to Loon Lake Sanatorium to get cured of tuberculosis (TB). Evvy is frightened by her new surroundings; the rules to abide are harsh and the nurses equally rigid. But Evvy soon falls into step with the other girls in her ward. There's Sarah, quiet but thoughtful; Pearl, who adores Hollywood glamour; and Dina, whose harshness conceals a deep strength. Together, the girls brave the difficult daily routines. Set in 1940 at a time of political unrest throughout the U.S. and Europe, this thought-provoking novel sheds light on a much-feared worldwide illness. Hundreds of thousands of people died each year of TB, and many ill children were sent away to sanatoriums to hopefully recover. Marsha Hayles' Breathing Room is a masterful novel--both eloquent and moving--that gives voice to those who fought hard to overcome the illness.

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Billy Ray Pyle's Style

Janie Spaht Gill, Lori Anderson Wing, 1997

Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Patricia C. Mckissack, 1999

Winds of L’Acadie

Lois Donovan, 2006

The Story of Halloween

Carol Greene, Linda Bronson, 2004

The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats

Carol Greene, 1991

The Three Wise Animals

Yehudith Freeman Tucker, 2021

My Guardian Angel

Sylvie Weil, Gillian Rosner, 2001

A Dog-Friendly Town

Josephine Cameron, 2020